From what I understand is that most of Venezuelan oil is hard to refine but EEUU already has the refineries for this type of oil, what is basically lacking is just the prime liquid itself, for the short and mid time usage, so much investment won’t be needed in Venezuela but the extraction process itself, more than that, it seems also what is desired it’s just control on how much of that can China or Russia or Iran get.
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Interesting. This is an aspect of (or another way of saying that) the global power and reach of the US Empire is in decline so it feels the need to defend 'its own turf' more aggressively, which translates into more open and 'bold' imperial moves on its side of the globe and less pretense of 'rules based order' and such. More like a game of 'Risk' kind of logic of conquest and colonialism (eg: 'we need Greenland so we'll take it') - less about 'Monopoly' or 'Catan'. In a sense it's good because the globalist utopic project is gone. But for us living under the shadow of the Empire these will be dangerous times. And the risk of global confrontation will still be there for a while.
This guy mentions that and make really good points here putting everything together, similar to what Tucker has been saying about the US trying to save the Dollar in anyway they can:
Shots and detonations were reported in the vicinity of the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas
Reportaron disparos y detonaciones en las cercanías del Palacio de Miraflores, en Caracas
De acuerdo con una fuente del régimen chavista citada por la agencia EFE, las fuerzas de seguridad efectuaron “disparos de forma disuasiva” ante la presencia de los drones y precisaron que “no ocurrió ningún enfrentamiento”. La misma fuente afirmó que el país “se encuentra en total tranquilidad”www.infobae.com
Users on social networks reported detonations and bursts of gunfire on Monday evening in the vicinity of the Miraflores Palace, the headquarters of the Venezuelan executive power, in the center of Caracas.
According to sources in the area, the episode began around 20:00 (local time), following the overflight of unidentified drones over the presidential complex.
Confusion over own drones unleashes anti-aircraft fire in Caracas
Confusión por drones propios desata fuego antiaéreo en Caracas | Eme equis
Drones en el cielo venezolano ocasionan disparo de baterías antiaéreas... pero eran de ellos mismos. En redes surge la pregunta ¿Por qué no se usaron en la captura de Maduro?emeequis.com
Drones in the Venezuelan sky cause firing of anti-aircraft batteries... but they were of themselves. The question arises in networks, why were they not used in the capture of Maduro?
The correspondent journalist in Caracas, Jennifer Lopez, said in the Paraguayan program La Monumental: "The situation is still very confusing, really the information that there is is very shallow, small (...) there are reports of shots fired around Miraflores, and it would be an anti-aircraft battery that was apparently activated by the presence of drones near the area.”
"Military officials have been seen around Miraflores, also in an alarm situation because this anti-aircraft battery was activated, however, we have no confirmation that it was an exchange of fire with other officials or with other military personnel, or that these drones that were in the area had a target or additional bombing to what has already happened in the city.”
Later, the journalist clarified in another link: ”There was a situation of confusion around the Miraflores Palace; the information that there is so far is that (...) there was a drone overflight, the military personnel get upset and start shooting, but because the presence of this drone activated the anti-aircraft battery that is inside the Miraflores Palace, and this battery began to emit, to shoot at these drones that are there."
